Shirt collar supporter



July 6, 1943. c. A. BURTON 2,323,866

SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORTER Filed Oct. 6, 1941 INVENTOR draw/2.5 4 51070/7 BY E ATTORN Patented July 6, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SHIRT COLLAR SUPPORTER Charles A. Burton, Austin, Tex., assignor to Archie 0. Long, Kansas City, Mo.

2 Claims.

My invention relates to a shirt collar supporter.

It is customary in laundries to insert a narrow flexible band within the shirt collar in order to retain or support the collar and to prevent it from being crushed or deformed where several shirts are packed in a laundry bundle.

Many forms of collar supporting devices are known to the art, but in most of them complicated cutting dies are required and much material is wasted in forming the collar support.

One object of my invention is to provide a simple and efficient collar support which can be made cheaply and expeditiously, requiring no special diesand in which no material is wasted.

Another object of my invention is to provide a collar support for shirt collars which will remain in position and efiiciently support the shir collar.

Other and further objects of my invention will appear from the following description.

In the accompanying drawing which forms part of the instant specification and which is to be read in conjunction therewith, and in which like reference numerals are used to indicate like parts in the various views;

Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the collar portion of a shirt showing my collar supporter in position.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of my collar supporter in flat, unfolded position.

Fig. 3 is a top plan View of my collar supporter in extended collar supporting position.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view taken on the line 44, Fig. 1.

My collar supporter may be made out of any flexible material which may be bent or folded, and at the same time possess a degree of stiffness such as cardboard, or the like.

The collar supporter comprises a substantially rectangular piece of flexible material I which is provided with a longitudinal score 2, along which the upper portion 3 may be bent substantially at right angles along the lower portion below the fold 2. Slits l4 extend from each lateral edge of the rectangular piece I, about onequarter of the length of the piece inwardly toward the center. The lower portion is divided into three portions or tabs, 4, 5 and 6, by means of cuts 1 and 8. It will be noted that the cuts extend downwardly and outwardly converging with the edges 9 and Ill respectively nearest the slits 1 and 8.

Tabs 4 and 6 are adapted to be bent rearwardly, as can readily be seen by reference to Figs. 1 and 3, to lie within the collar l I being supported, while tab 5 is adapted to be bent forwardly to project underneath the shirt bosom or buttonhole band I2 of the shirt [3.

The portion 3, that is, the unslit portion above the fold or weakened portion 2 and the slits l4, bows itself to conform to the shape of the collar and is adapted to protect or support the collar H.

The diverging slits remove sufiicient material so that tabs 4 and 6 may be bent toward each other without overlapping and at the same time provide a broad based tab 5 which tends to anchor the collar supported in position by friction.

It will be seen that I have accomplished the objects of my invention. The collar supporter can be fabricated quite simply without any waste of material and yet produce a supporting device which will remain in position and perform its function of supporting the collar of a laundered shirt.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A collar supporter comprising in combination an elongated band of flexible material adapted to be bowed and lie within a collar to be supported, three tabs hinged to said strip and formed integral therewith, said three tabs when unfolded forming a substantially complete rectangle, the middle of said tabs being formed in the shape of an isosceles trapezoid and extending forwardly at right angles from said collar supporting strip under the bosom of a shirt the collar of which is adapted to be supported, the two flank tabs being bent rearwardly at right angles from said collar supporting strip and lying substantially Within the collar adapted to be upported.

2. A collar supporter comprising a strip of flexible material adapted to lie within the collar to be supported, a tab attached to the strip at substantially its middle extending forwardly and under the shirt bosom to securely anchor the strip, and flanking tabs attached to the strip for only a portion of their length at opposite sides of the first tab, said flanking tabs being bent back and under the strip, the arrangement being such that when the supporter is placed within a shirt with said strip against the collar the end portions of the strip pass over the unattached portions of the flanking tabs with their lower edges resting upon and supported by said tabs.

CHARLES A. BURTON. 

